I get a little tingle in my bad place when Glenn takes time out to poke some overmatched Kossack with the irony stick.
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update: A NATION CAN’T TRULY BE FREE UNTIL PICTURES OF “JEFF GANNON” GOING PEE PEE HAVE BEEN PLASTERED ALL OVER THE INTERNET!
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update 2: BECAUSE OF THE HYPOCRISY!*
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update 3: Intrepid Washington Post media reporter Howard Kurtz, the man who went out of his way to hide from the Eason Jordan scandal, has decided he won’t make THAT mistake again—not when GAY MAN COCK and the INTEGRITY OF JOURNALISM is involved.
Armed with the speculation he borrowed from John Aravosis’ AMERICAblog entry and a quip from Wonkette, Kurtz proceeds to repackage Aravosis’ story and stamp it with the imprimatur of one of America’s most important newspapers—the same newspaper, incidentally, that has already scoffed at many of the claims Kurtz repeats in his column, as Tom Maguire has repeatedly pointed out.
But then, facts don’t really matter much, because this column was never meant to do anything other than further humiliate a man whom Kurtz and his ilk no doubt despise for being “uncredentialed” and presumptuous—as well as Republican and partisan. Under the guise of “media reporting”—a job he didn’t approach with quite the same sense of urgency when the subject was a prominent news director who accused US troops of targeting journalists for assassination—Kurtz, in this latest column, simply repeats the manufactured innuendo of a “gay rights activist” (who is best known for his public outings), along with several conspiracy theories being peddled by progressivist true believers who more and more make up the public face of the Democratic party.
The claim that these activists are going after Gannon for his “hypocrisy” is risible (Aravosis insists he is upset with Gannon’s antigay writing, which, from what I can gather, is any critique of—or deviation from— the handbook of gay “rights” orthodoxy); no, what we are witnessing instead is a kind of leftist wilding, and the increasingly blinkered groupthink that defines this delusional swarm provides them with the justification and peer reinforcement they need to convince themselves that what they’re doing—though perhaps a bit distasteful in the short run—will, in the long run, serve the greater good.
The pigs.
Glenn’s from Tennessee, right?
I thought they had laws against sardony down there.
I’m sure he got a few angry emails in response. And I’m willing to bet a few of them contained the phrase “redneck rightwing warmongering fucktard who should die die DIE DIE DIE!”
And those were just from Willis.
I emailed Glenn yesterday to recommend he buy thicker socks to protect himself from the ankle biters.
His response to me: “Fortunately, my pajamas have footies.”.
This is so pathetic. You left out bible thumper and knuckle dragger.
You wingers only care about private urination when it’s one of your own guys whose urinary privacy has been violated. What about all the people in the Third World who have to urinate in public ALL THE TIME BECAUSE OF HALLIBURTON AND CHENEY?
Um, didn’t Barney Frank have a room mate running an escort service out of his DC apartment? Not that there’s anything wrong with that…
My God, when Glenn uses his beatdown stick, he do it righteously well!! Didn’t know he had it in him.
Uh, Jeff…
When did you get…old school?
Was it today?
Boy, this Aravosis fellow sounds like quite a turd.
Spelled backwards, his name conjures my sister’s gonad.
Sorta.
My ironclad source (who must remain anonomys for fear of reprisals) has promised to get me photos of DON RUMSFELD AND NEW AG ALBERTO GONZALEZ DRY-HUMPING WHILE DRESSED AS FURRIES!
YOU CAN’T SILENCE US!
Erm, that should’ve read “anonymous.”
EVEN CITIZEN JOURNALISTS MAKE TYPOS!
GOD HATES FAGS. Now you have a FAG president and the members of the left are doing perfectly fine by exposing all those FAGGOTS, everywhere they are, because they are vermin and enemies of civilization. Good for the left!!! Honor to the warriors against the destructors of our society, the FAGS. I think I’ll switch my vote now, no more FAGS to govern the US. We need decent people like the Clintons, regular heterosexual people and not FAGS like those so dexterly exposed by the left! Go, left go! Let’s start out-closetting all of those pieces of human crap! DOWN WITH FAGS WHENEVER THEY ARE. DIE YOU FAGS, DIE!!!! VIVA LA REVOLUCION ANTIFAG!!!
Ohhhhhhh-kay…what just happened?
How ironic that this anti-gay venom is being spewed by someone named “Peter”? Sounds like someone has some unresolved issues regarding their sexuality.
Hahahahaha! Turing word is “large”.
“we are witnessing instead is a kind of leftist wilding, and the increasingly blinkered groupthink that defines this delusional swarm provides them with the justification and peer reinforcement they need to convince themselves that what they’re doingâ€â€though perhaps a bit distasteful in the short runâ€â€will, in the long run, serve the greater good.”
That’s perfect, Jeff. The thing they don’t realize is that hate doesn’t belong either to the left or right, it’s more like a disease anyone can contract. I look at the angry Bush-hating moonbat academics around me and think, “These are the same faces that quivered in ecstasy during Inquistion auto-da-fe, that signed the orders sending heretics to the Killing Fields in Cambodia, and muzzled their own humanity to help round up the Jews for Auschwitz—ostensibly because IT HAD TO BE DONE FOR THE GREATER GOOD, but in reality because their souls had been subsumed in hate.
Or as Yoda said, “Don’t go in there. It’s hard to find your way out.” (kind of).
Spam word “trouble?”
Peter’s entry is clearly tongue-in-cheek. When someone holds up the Clintons as “decent people”, you know your leg is being pulled.
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Private coded message to the VRWC:
No more foul-ups! If we lose another big-name reporter like Gukkert from an influential media organization like Talon, there’ll be hell to pay. Close ranks and protect the rest.
— Message ends
Guys, Peter’s post is meant to be satirical, like several others on the thread
> But then, facts don’t really matter much, because
> this column was never meant to do anything other
> than further humiliate a man whom Kurtz and his
> ilk no doubt despise for being “uncredentialedâ€Â
> and presumptuousâ€â€as well as Republican and
> partisan
But not gay! That aspect was just a boner, er, bonus.
gail, are you saying that unregulated and probably unlicensed satire is being used around here?
The word is waiting, as in for your unsatirical answer.
Jeff, you’re on fucking fire!
Yes, JDM, I myself am guilty of satire under an assumed name above.
JDM I said the same thing BLT did–at the same time; why is the world waiting for me in particular?
well, gail, maybe because the name “gail” could be spelled “gayl”!
My word is “out” as in you are now, you hussy.
Summary of Gannon “story”-
Aravosis: Wayall, lookee here, boys! We done found ourselfs a FAYgit!
Kurtz: Let’s git’im!
What’s missing from Jeff’s analysis is an awareness of John Aravosis and his mission and a consideration of an alternate theory that fits the facts.
This site:
http://www.wiredstrategies.com/aravosis.htm –
has a biography of Mr. Aravosis. He has a long list of gay activist web sites including one to stop Dr. Laura, one regarding Mary Cheney, and had a campaign last year to out Capitol staffers.
This being a humor blog I would note that Mr. Aravosis studied under Madeleine Albright during his time at Georgetown. I think any man studying under Madeleine Albright would necessesarily become gay.
Yet, there’s no disputing the photographic evidence Mr. Aravosis and his allies – yes, allies – in the gay culture produced regarding JimJeff GuckertGannon. And there’s no disputing that Messers GuckertGannon were in the White House Press Room and that he/they asked questions of the Press Secretary and the President. Whether or not halls were roamed remains in doubt – I’m willing to believe that GuckertGannon simply walked with a group of other reporters, but the definition of ‘roam’ hardly matters at this point.
Yet – Much Hay Is Being Made among the conspiracy addled left that Mr Gannon (nee Guckert) was a gay escort who joined a rightwing
I think Guckert was a Manchurian Candidate. Or in this case a Man-churian Press Reporter.
We all know that Bill Clinton was the smartest politician around and that his staff was *capable* and his advisors *brilliant*.
How is it possible that Clinton and the DNC did not recruit a gay escort, gussy him up, and have him present himself to Talon News as a reporter and end up in the White House Press Room? Think about it, Clinton’s top political strategist was caught on camera shrimping a hooker while in the employ of the President who himself had issues relating to sex with people over whom he did not wield executive power.
So, Gannon was a plant that was in turn a plant in order to discredit George W. Bush at some future time. Think about it – the outing of Guckert was timed perfectly to benefit Hillary. Had this story come out, so to speak, in September, that would have worked to Kerry’s benefit.
By coming out now, the story in Iraq is being back-burnered a bit and other positive Bush reporting is cast in doubt as the public tries to figure out if the male reporter asking the softball question of Scott McClellan is more or less than 8” and whether or not he’s cut. God help him if he’s wearing a turtleneck.
The premise that Guckert himself was a plant by Aravosis, a well travelled advocate within the gay community, has never been denied by Aravosis. John Aravosis not offered any proof that he was not the one responsible for Guckert’s getting a job with Talon in the first place (Aravosis has a B.A. in Rhetoric from the U. of Illinois, he can figure that last part out.)
Taken as a series of facts, and none of my facts has been proven false, I have laid out an alternate theory regarding Guckert’s presence in the Press Room of the White Hosue and, I believe, one that is as plausible as any put forth by the Left. This is especially true in light of Guckert’s actions after the report came out – how is it that he’s not cashing in? Perhaps there’s some Soros money coming his way? Duncan Black has been silent on that issue as has Oliver Willis. Further proof – the dogs that didn’t bark, so to speak.
My theory: Guckert was a double-secret operative who knew he’d be outed.
Now, where’s my pie?
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I forget – aren’t the leftites the ones who favor the sex-between-consenting-adults-equals-private sorta argument? Yeah? So why are they rabid in their zeal to out gay Republicans/conservatives? Hmmmmm….but WE’RE the ones being hypocritical. Riiiiiiiight.
Funny how their view changes when the shoe is on the other foot/dork is in the other ass.
Further proof for my theory – as such:
http://www.washingtonian.com/inwashington/buzz/briefings.html
From Sept. 26, 2003 –
So the *OUTRAGE* expressed over the sullying of the Sanctified Press Briefing Room is at odds with how the White House Press Corps tend to view the things.
… the article goes into some detail about how, ultimately, the Press Briefings don’t really matter.
As for the Press Conferences with the President, that’s a different matter, but as it states in the 2003 article, Bush watches Press Briefings instead of “Young and the Restless”. That provides some rationale for Bush calling on Guckert/Gannon during a conference.
Gannon wasn’t the guy asking belligerent questions trying to get a reaction from the Press Secretary. He was the tall, bald, easily recognizable guy in the crowd.
Bush called on him.
Go figure.
Eason Jordan was a member of the Club. Thus, he deserved to be defended. Gannon/Guckert is not a member of the Club. He is a wannabe, an applicant. Therefore, he can be safely derided by members of the Club. Kurtz occasionally peeks at the untidy blogworld, but ultimately he will not do anything to jeopardize his standing in the Club.
I think I’m a little old to qualify as a hussy.
Here is another example of the effective bait and switch:special victims unit that righties perform so well. The gay prostitute angle was incidental and has always been secondary to the fact that a reporter, using an alias, with improper credentials was brought in to press conferences by the White House. Then this “reporter” was repeatedly called on to ask questions that dimished Bush critics-saying that they comforted the enemy in fact. Thats just plain disgusting and a typical example of the controlled dictatorship all the angry yahoos seem to love. I have no idea how people who hew so closely to blind loyalty think they have anything to do with true American spirit.
But it is awesome to see all the conservatives rally around a gay prostitute, with a military angle no less! I mean come on! No one sees the irony here? I know they don’t and that’s why there has never been a good conservative comedian ( Mallard Fillmore is uproarious though).
Now they are saying the lefties are anti-gay, which goes to show you the level of intellectual dishonesty that comes from drinking the punch. March on you little zealots, march on.
What can we expect next? Maybe an exposé from DailyKos on how George and Laura adopted a “colored” baby?
Looks like we have a missionary from the left here to explain to the natives the meaning of HYPOCRISY. Or maybe just to provide a demonstration.
“The gay prostitute angle was incidental and has always been secondary to the fact that a reporter, using an alias, with improper credentials”
Uh, no, the gay prostitute angle is the *ONLY* angle here. That’s why this story is totally hypocritical and gay-bashing.
A reporter with an alias? Heaven forfend! And his credentials weren’t “improper.” He fulfilled the requirements to be credentialed, as did some lefties with small news services. I guess “repeatedly calling on” them was, what, self-immolation by the WH?
“Rallying arounf” Gannon? All I see is laughter at what a nobody he is and how stupid the story is.
If the Captain was intellectually serious, he could pop on over to “Americablog” and see various images which flay his insipid hypothesis to bits.
And as far as reporters that are friendly to an administration somehow diminishing our liberty and giving comfort to ‘the enemy’? Two names: Helen Thomas and Bill Clinton.
Good thing Ward Churchill isn’t gay, or he’d have, like, NO friends anymore.
How do you know he’s not, Pavel?
Anyway, I’m sure glad Capt. Fuckit bubbled up from the leftist fever swamps to remind us about the HYPOCRICY.
As far as I know, Jeff Gannon (who once saved my life in ‘Nam) did not use his alias get a press pass. If he prefers to be called “Jeff Gannon” but continues to use Guckert legally, I can’t see how that is really a problem any more than being called Jimbo and having a driver’s license that says James is. Not his fault that his last name sucks.
I’m not sure what it matters how big or small Talon News is either. I don’t see any real reason to give WaPo, The Times, privileges over small news outlets. It isn’t the White House’s job to ensure some news agencies have special access over smaller news agencies by freezing out smaller agencies.
Take those out of the Gannon hysteria and you are really just left with the man-loving thing.
“Peter’s entry is clearly tongue-in-cheek. When someone holds up the Clintons as “decent peopleâ€Â, you know your leg is being pulled.”
I don’t want anyone named Peter pulling on my leg, especially with his tongue in his cheek.
I love how the left keeps saying that the administration “brought JG into the briefings”. Did they go out & recruit him to write for Talon News? Did Karl Rove pick him up in a limo every morning to insure he got to the pressers on time every morning?
Jeff Gannon/Guckert is being persecuted because of his conservatism and his lack of a journalism degree. The gay angle is just window dressing, unless he whipped out his joint & shot a load of “man-mustard” on George Stephanopolous’ hairdo during a press conference – and I think that would have made the news, don’t you think.
keyword – form, as in “It’s bad form to gaybash, unless the victim is a BushHitler Brownshirt”.
My sister says “man-mustard†goes best with a cold beer and some salami.
Would you rather have Peter’s tongue in someone else’s cheek?
Let’s face it. If Gannon had been working for the AP, Reuters, APF, ABC, NBC, CBS (ad nauseum) and somehow his gay prostitute past was exposed, these exact same jackasses on the left would be in hyper-outrage mode and would consider Gannon irrepressively brave.
Phuqtard – Take a closer look at how an honest-to-goodness dictator runs things. Any similarities to Bush? Any? How can these asshats expect to have any credibility – even with other like-minded mental defectives – when they spout that ridiculous farleft dogma.
He is right on that point. The TRUE American(left’s) spirit consists of blind hatred and spastic lashing out at anyone whose worldview departs from their own. Bravo.
I’m pretty sure that Ward Churchill is claiming he’s 1/64th Gay Prostitute on his father’s side.
Whether he’s posted pics of his flopper on a porn site I dont know.
Spam Word ‘HOT’
Burma!
You mean Myanmar, Beck? Remember those old Myanmar Shave signs along the highway? Those were the days.
Is the term “man-mustard” copyrighted? Because I am working that into all future conversations at all possible opportunities.
gail – Myanmar? I thought it was Burma-Shave.
First Scott McLellan said he assumed James (a.k.a Jeff) was cleared by the Secret Service; then he said he only knew about Jeff Gannon’s real name in the last two weeks. So he doesn’t know someone w/ a fake name (his prostitution biz is irrelavant) has had White House daily press briefing for two years everyday and was given leaked information. And there is nothing wrong with that?
One wonders just how many times it needs to be pointed out to raving nuzzle twats like you, BushIsLiar, that Gannon didn’t apply for his security check under a “fake name” but rather that he used Gannon as his professional name—hardly unusual.
One likewise wonders just what it will take before you realize that Gannon WASN’T given leaked information, or how many times it needs to be pointed out that The Wall Street Journal published the info on Plame before Gannon asked his question.
Now that’s classic!
gail – Ok, forget it! Don’t do that when I’m working
Shouldn’t it be “man-mayo?”
That’s too fattening unless your on the Atkins.
Jeff – I demand that you stop muddying the waters with your damned factual statements.
From http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000800287
“The controversial reporter resigned last week from his job with obscure conservative Web site Talon News, which is operated by a Texas Republican activist, after revelations that he had changed his name and allegations that he had set up sexually oriented Web sites.”
Hmm his employer doesn’t even know he’s changed his name?? Now that’s interesting. It’s more interesting that Talon news removed his bios and articles. What are they afraid of ? That he really has no journalism credential.
“Since his resignation, questions about who should gain access to White House press events have grown, prompting a special meeting for later today between the leadership of the White House Correspondents’ Association and Bush Press Secretary Scott McClellan.
….
He also would not comment on McClellan’s statements to E&P in an interview yesterday, in which the White House spokesman claimed he did not know that Guckert used an alias until recently, never talked to Guckert outside the briefing room, and knew very little about Talon News. “
So on one hand Scotty claimed they allow leftist small paper like Russel Mokhiber who works for Ralph Nader then he must have known Guckert works for the right Talon News to balance things out (which many of the righty bloggers have insisted). But this doesn’t seem to be the case according to the above statement. What’s he hiding? Just admit it Scotty – James is your boss’ paid propagandist (or maybe Scotty has used his service).
Boy, BushIsLiar, either you’re seeing things that aren’t there, or you’re really stretching to reach your own conclusions from the paragraphs you quoted.
F’rinstance, nowhere in the first paragraph does it actually say that Talon didn’t know he was using a pen name, just that it was revealed.
And before you start throwing allegations about what Scott McClellan knew or didn’t know based on the presence of Russel Mokhiber, you might want to point out that Mokhiber was never even fucking mentioned in the article you quoted, you dishonest little prick.
For all this talk about padding the Press Room with partisans, I can’t help but point out the fucking cunt – Helen Thomas. The First Bitch of the White House Press Corps. Recipient of the Please Jackoff in My Mouth Bill Clinton Lifetime Achievement award.
Let’s see what old non-partisan Helen writes about:
Dean Makes Comeback As Democrats’ New Leader
U.N. Is Indispensable
Bush Appointees Need To Follow The Law
Bush Chips Away At Federal Employees’ Rights
Rice’s Choice: Hawk Or Diplomat
Peace Can Spread Freedom
Comparing Two Presidential Texans
Report Shows Bush Wrong About Iraqi WMDs
Another Black Eye For Media, Administration
Bush Should Listen To His Father
Liberal Voices Disappearing From Mainstream Media
Americans About To Get Right-Wing Agenda
Keep Hands Off Social Security
Oh, but that Jeff Gannon. He’s a partisan.
smantix: exactly right. If Gannon/Guckert is dangerous due to his ‘partisanship’, then Helen is smallpox, AIDS, and cholera all rolled into one. If partisanship were an Olympic event, she’d have more gold than Fort Knox.
Gannon’s just the wrong kind of partisan, obviously.
The leftist twits keep claiming that “right wing” bloggers are “rallying” around Guckert/Gannon.
That is a silly lie. We don’t care about Guckert/Gannon. We ridicule the Democrat shill blogs that pretend that this is a big issue. We point out that they make outright false claims about Guckert/Gannon. Sometimes brazen lies like Bushisliar above, Kos and others.
But we are not “rallying” around. None of us cares that he has been outed nor do we care that he’s been hounded into resigning. We have no investment in this weird character. We are not writing letters to the White House demanding a return of Guckert/Gannon – even if only to do show tunes.
Shouldn’t it be “man-mayo?â€Â
Which, oddly enough (or maybe not), is an almost-anagram for Myanmar…
Excellent point Robin: Ain’t no rallying ‘round here. Who friggin cares about Gannon/Guckert’s loss of press privileges? And why the lefty triumphalism over “our” supposed hero’s demise?
But I continue to wonder why the issue “…he really has no journalism credential.” brought up by the nuzzle twatâ„¢ “BushIsLiar” is still allowed to pass without guffaws. Are we to believe that unless you’ve got a BA in journalism, you can’t write news?
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I have a .BAC in journalism.
But let’s not let the weight of the world fall on our gay superhero’s more than capable shaved, smooth shoulders. Like Atlas, his back glistening in strain. Buttocks clenched and tanned. His legs, not at all bird-like.
There’s enough payola to go around for everybody. Except, well, citizens journalists who must advertise for skimpy t-shirts from websites that are extremely difficult to masturbate to.
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